da Vinci Surgery South Africa

Career summary

Dr Boustead is one of the pioneers of clinical robotic surgery in South Africa. He started robotic surgery in the UK in 2008 and has been instrumental in setting up multiple robotic surgery centres in South Africa. He also trains other surgeons fulltime on the da Vinci Robotic system and is one of the most experienced robotic surgeon in South Africa

Qualifications

MB ChB University of Pretoria 1987

F.C.S (S.A) (Urology) College of Medicine of South Africa 1993

M.Med (Urology) Medical University of Southern Africa 1994

FRCS(Urol) Intercollegiate Specialty Boards of England, Edinburgh & Ireland 1995

Professional memberships

Fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa
British Association of Urological Surgeons
Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine
European Association of Urology
International Society of Urology (SIU)
American Urological Association
Society of Robotic Surgeons
Honorary Member South African Urological Association

Biosketch

specialised in Urology in South Africa qualifying in 1993 and Senior Registrar in the UK between 1993 and 1995
trained in laparoscopic surgery in Leeds UK and in France at IRCAD Strasbourg
trained in Robotic Surgery in Geneva, France and Sunnyvale, California
received a British Urological Foundation Scholarship to Health Science Centre, San Antonio, Texas in 1997
previously Consultant Urologist & Clinical Director at The Hertfordshire and South Bedfordshire Urology Cancer Centre, United Kingdom from 1996 until 2014
Dr Boustead directed the Netcare Da Vinci Robotic Surgery program in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa from 2014 to 2018.
Dr Boustead led a team at Pretoria Urology Hospital that performed the first Da Vinci robotic prostatectomy in South Africa in October 2013
in 2015 he performed the first Robotic assisted cystectomy and total bladder reconstruction in South Africa.
has trained and accredited 30 surgeons at Netcare Robotic Centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and Pretoria Urology Hospital.
Principal and or co-investigator in 22 trials.
has published over 45 papers in International Journals, with over 20 about prostate cancer
has lectured in the UK, USA, China, Canada, Europe, Australia and South Africa.
served on the Executive Committees of BAUS Oncology, World Uro-Oncology Federation and NCIN UK
Chairperson of the South African Urological Association Robotic Surgery Group